5th Annual Figures & FacesArt ExhibitionOctober 2019

Welcome to Fusion Art’s 5th Annual Figures & Faces International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of October 2019.

For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists were encouraged to share their best art and photography depicting the human form – both figures and faces. All artists, over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit their best figurative art and photography.

We once again received a diverse collection of quality artwork from artists all around the world, including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, China, New Zealand, Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, Poland, South Africa, Iran, Brazil, Japan, Finland, Germany, Budapest, Lithuania, Philippines, and Ukraine. Overall the gallery judged 537 entries for the exhibition, which will be featured on the website for the month of October.

In this monthly themed exhibition Fusion Art presents awards in three categories: Traditional Art, Photography & Digital Art, and 3-Dimensional Art. The Figures & Faces Best in Show winners are Cher Pruys for her acrylic painting, “Cowboy Dreams”, Dieter Setz for his photograph, “Bongeka” and Martin Eichinger for his cast bronze, “Seeing in the Dark”. Cher, Dieter and Martin are Fusion Art’s Featured Artists for the month of October 2019 and, as the Best in Show winners, all three artists are invited to participate in Fusion Art’s 4th Annual Group Show in Palm Springs in 2020.

Other award winners include Second Place winners, Fay Biegun for her oil on canvas, “Trick or Treat”, Peter C Britton for his digital artwork, “Gender” and Douglas Aja for his bronze, “RUSSELL”. Third Place awards were given to John Jaster for his acrylic painting, “Faces 3”, Sheri Emerson for her photography/digital art, “Sea Nymph” and Cecily Fazekas for her collage on mannequin, “Window to the Soul”. Fourth Place awards were given to Ashley Gardner for her oil on panel, “Fredric Augustus”, Margaret Kalms for her digitally modified photograph, “Facing Primary Endometriosis Emotions” and Irene Sirko for her bronze, “Thoughtful”. Fifth Place awards were given to Duane Alan Brown for his oil on canvas, “Selfie 35”, Barry Farley for his digital artwork, “Evolver-7420” and Suzanne Getz for her clay and paint sculpture, “Mother Earth”.

Please visit the Monthly Winners Page to learn more about each of these award winning artists and/or to contact them directly about their work.

In addition, this month, fourteen honorable mention awards are given as special recognition due to the exceptional quality of the art received for this competition. Honorable Mention awards in the Traditional Art category were given to Aleksandra Lis for her oil on canvas, “The Summer”; Eli Boodnero for his oil on linen, “Brainstorm”; Nicole Woodruff for her oil on canvas, “This is Me”; Marisa Andropolis for her oil on canvas, “Double Abduction”; Ken Blakemore for his egg tempera, “The Rare Breed” and Sara Goodarzi for her oil on canvas, “Yearning”.

Honorable Mention awards in the Photography & Digital category were given to Nicholas Kozis for his digital art, “Venus of Redondo”, G.S. Broz for his digital photograph, “GSB 297”, Barbara Mierau-Klein for her digitally enhanced photograph, “Time Will Tell”, Jenna Citrus for her digital photograph, “Hanging by a Silk”, Vic Berrios for his digital illustration, “Painting Study”, Khashayar Laknezhad for his digital photograph, “Leisure in Gilan” and Timka Szőke for her digital mixed media, “Candy Girl”.

Honorable Mention awards in the 3-Dimensional category were given to Haley Huebner for her earthenware sculpture, “Stoic Crack” and Jamison R. Glisczinski  for his clay and copper sculpture, “Daphne Rising”.

The remaining finalists in the exhibition all exemplify uniquely creative talents and we’re honored to showcase their artwork on the Fusion Art website.

Fusion Art strives to create interesting and enjoyable art exhibitions with a variety of artistic styles and media represented. The art that is selected is based on the theme of the exhibition and the gallery’s objective is to include, in every Fusion Art exhibition, a broad representation of quality, style, media, creativity, originality and artistic composition. Art tells a story and we strive to select artwork, particularly for awards, that make the viewers think and wonder what story the artist is trying to tell.

As always, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the competition participants. While not all the artwork that was submitted was selected for inclusion in the exhibition this in not necessarily a reflection on any one artist’s talent and/or skill.  It takes courage for artists to offer up one’s art up for critique by others and all the artists should be applauded for their efforts. We appreciate all of you sharing your extraordinary talent with us.

For anyone interested in purchasing any of the artwork in this exhibition, please contact the artists directly. You will find the artist’s website and/or email information below their work.

Please visit our YouTube Channel to see the Traditional, Photography & Digital and 3-Dimensional videos for the exhibition.

Thank you for visiting our website and enjoy the exhibition!